Tudor was born to aJewish family inBrăila, the son of Mayer and Tony Rozenzweig. After graduating from theNicolae Bălcescu National College in 1926, he attended law school atUniversity of Bucharest.[1][2][4][5] He was licensed to practice in 1930, though ultimately never pursued a career in law. Instead, Tudor decided to pursue a literary and journalistic career in the capital; allowing himself a more intellectually conducive environment in which he could write about his true interests. In 1940, Romania legislated its equivalent of theNuremberg Laws, at approximately the same time when Tudor’s career began to gain traction. Much like other prominent Jewish writers of the time, his name was suppressed from media. While in Prague in 1959, he fell ill. He ultimately sought treatment in Bucharest, but shortly thereafter succumbed to his illness as a result of medical negligence while hospitalized.
Tudor debuted his literary career in 1927 with a translation ofFrench poetFrancis Jammes.[6][Note 1] His first the poem,Trupește,[7] was printed in 1928. Tudor's poetry andprose appeared inavant-garde publications.[1][4][8][Note 2] Several newspapers and periodicals regularly printed his musical, theatre and cinema reviews.[1][8][Note 3] In 1935 his first and only poetry volume,Love 1926,[9] was awarded the poetry prize byFundația Pentru Literatură și Artă "Regele Carol II".[Note 4] It was published in 1937. Along with other members[Note 5] of theCriterion group, Tudor was closely associated[2] with, the now defunct, Pro-Arte music conservatory.[10] After the war he translatedSocial realist poets from theUSSR,Czechoslovakia andKorea.[1][Note 6] but his interests increasingly turned to music. He held lectures to popularize classical music before live audiences and on the radio. Tudor, an early Enescu scholar, curated[1] the newly (1956) established museum[2] dedicated to the composer. In May 1955 he wrote a proposal for an international Enescu festival[3]. The first edition of the festival took place in 1958. Tudor worked at several cultural institutions:
1951 - 1952 editor-in-chief atRevista Muzica [The Music Journal] (official publication of the Union of Composers and Musicologists from Romania)[1][2][4]
1950 - 1959 professor at the Bucharest Conservatory[1][2][5]
1951 - 1959 director - Music History department, Art History Institute, Romanian Academy[1][2][6][7]
1955 - 1959 Editorial Committee member[1][2][8]Studii și Cercetări de Istoria Artei [Art history: Studies and Research] (official publication of the Romanian Academy, Art History Institute)
^„Rampa", „Cuvântul", „Facla", „Zorile" (cultural section editor), „Săptămâna literară, plastică, teatrală", „Vremea", „Meridian", „Adam", „Litere", „Premergătorul", „Stilet", „Curierul" (Brăila), „Start", „Omul liber", etc. After 1944 he writes for „Victoria", „Unirea", „Tribuna poporului", „Viața capitalei".
^The King Carol II Foundation for Art and Literature was an institution founded by King Ferdinand I on August 12, 1921 and was named after the future sovereign Carol II. Founded on the patronage of Prince Carol II, the Foundation developed a prodigious cultural activity during 1921-1940, after which, due to political events, it declined.
^This is the first Enescu monograph by a Romanian author. In 1955Bernard Gavoty published the Enescu interviews recorded in 1951 forRadio France.Gavoty, Bernard (1955).Les Souvenirs de Georges Enesco [Recollections of George Enescu] (in French). Paris: Flammarion.OCLC2714693. I. Yampolsky published a pamphlet about Enesco in theUSSR in 1956.
^TheRumanian Review, a monthly literary magazine published in Bucharest in several languages, targeted the surviving intelligentsia within the country and an interested intellectual readership beyond its borders. Articles analysed reflect the Party's requirement that the journal should demonstrate Romania's loyalty to the emerging socialist system, and publicise that, in reorganising the country's cultural life, the Party had not necessarily abandoned Romania's cultural traditions. The study investigates how music was utilised as a tool of governance, how authors shaped their discussion in relation to the prevailing, and sometimes shifting, ideology, and what can be inferred about the supported and marginalized composers in this period.Crotty, Joel (Summer 2009)."Promoting Romanian Music Abroad: The Rumanian Review (1946–1956)".Music & Politics.III (2).doi:10.3998/mp.9460447.0003.203.
^abcdefghiCosma, Viorel (2006). "Andrei Tudor".Muzicieni din România (in Romanian). Vol. 9. Bucharest: Music Publishing House. p. 114.ISBN978-973-42-0441-0.
^Lovinescu, Eugen.Scrieri [Writings] (in Romanian). Vol. VI. p. 171.OCLC19036600.
^Poeți sovietici cînta pacea [Soviet poets: Peace songs] (in Romanian). Translated by Tudor, Andrei. Bucharest: Cartea rusă, Colecția A.R.L.U.S. 1950.
^Din poezia coreeană [Korean poetry selections] (in Romanian). Translated by Tudor, Andrei;Cassian, Nina;Solomon, Petre[in Romanian]. Bucharest: Editura de stat pentru literatură și artă. 1951.OCLC1014902183.
^Cartea sângelui: din lupta eroică a popurului grec [The book of blood: the heroic resistance of the Greek people] (in Romanian). Translated by Tudor, Andrei. Bucharest: Editura de stat pentru literatură și artă. 1952.OCLC1277254620.
^Cîntecul păcii [A song of peace] (in Romanian). Translated by Tudor, Andrei. Bucharest. 1955.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Moscova : Reportaj Despre Metropola Lumii Noi [Moscow : The metropolis of the new world] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Casa Școalelor.OCLC1347179751.
^Lench, Leonid.Schițe Humoristice [Funny Stories] (in Romanian). Translated by Tudor, Andrei; Mihail, M.OCLC856655306.
^Bodur, Anda; Steinberg, Ada (1951).Muzica sovietică în plin avânt [Sovietic music in full swing] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Cartea Rusă A.R.L.U.S.OCLC1347180833.
^Enescu. Bucharest: Foreign Languages Pub. House. 1957.OCLC1029409.
^George Enescu: His Life in Pictures. Bucharest: Music Pub. House of the Composers' Union of the Rumanian People's Republic. 1959.OCLC7082413.
^Tudor, Andrei (1945)."Notă despre tradiția în muzica sovietica" [A note on tradition in soviet music].Revista Fundațiilor Regale (in Romanian).XII (1):162–164. Retrieved2023-05-03.
^Tudor, Andrei (1947)."Trei decenii de muzică sovietică" [Three decades of soviet music].Revista Fundațiilor Regale (in Romanian).XIV (10–11):117–123. Retrieved2023-05-03.
^Tudor, Andrei (1956)."Opera lui George Enescu și problemele folclorului în creația muzicală" [Enescu's work and the problems of using folk themes in musical creation].Romanian Academy, Art History Institute, Art History: Studies and Research (in Romanian).3–4:245–253. Retrieved2023-05-03.
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Stancu, Zaharia (1934). "Andrei Tudor" [Young Poets' Anthology].Antologia Poeților Tineri (in Romanian). Fundația Pentru Literatură și Artă "Regele Carol II".OCLC31368873.
Podoleanu, S. (1935). "Andrei Tudor" [60 Romanian Jewish Writers].60 Scriitori Români De Origină Evreească (in Romanian). Vol. 2. București: Slova. pp. 345–348.OCLC252731680.
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